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CVE-2012-0470

35
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0470 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the nsSVGFEDiffuseLightingElement::LightPixel function affecting Mozilla Firefox 4.x-11.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.4, Thunderbird 5.0-11.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.9. This vulnerability carries a critical CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:4.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:4.0:beta10:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:4.0:beta11:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:4.0:beta12:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
10.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1037 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: thunderbird-0:10.0.4-1.el5_8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: firefox-0:10.0.4-1.el5_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: xulrunner-0:10.0.4-1.el5_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: thunderbird-0:10.0.4-1.el6_2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: firefox-0:10.0.4-1.el6_2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: xulrunner-0:10.0.4-1.el6_2
View patch
mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-0470Critical

Mozilla: Invalid frees causes heap corruption in gfxImageSurface (MFSA 2012-23)

Apr 24, 2012

References

bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/48920
secunia.com / advisories/48922
secunia.com / advisories/48972
secunia.com / advisories/49047
secunia.com / advisories/49055
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16989
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2457
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2458
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2464
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mozilla.org / security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-23.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/53225